first name
ANGELICA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 117,165 people named Angelica, 77.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% as White and 4.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Angelica peaked in 1996, when 3,412 babies got the name.
At least 93,538 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Angelica by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #226. The largest share of babies named Angelica, 42.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Angelica is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Angelica has been most common in New Mexico (3.6×), Arizona (3.4×), and California (2.9×), and least common in West Virginia (0.05×).
90,410 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Angelica
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Angelica, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Angelica ranks #54,177 of 156,621, with 411 people. See Angelica as a last name
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